STILL SHAKING

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXII, Issue 11450, 26 February 1931, Page 5

STILL SHAKING

FAIRLY HEAVY JOLT Vl’ NAPIER ON TUESDAY NIGHT.

GENTLE SHOCK AT HASTINGS,

(Press -Association.) r ... NAPIER, February 25. , fU 1 ® niollllll S i broke .fin© and calm, «UIU tlio sea. calm. Last night’s rain did no damage, The prospects are for fine weather. •n°«A e f , d i rl -X shakt! wa* felt at 11.40 o’clock last night. fPress Association.)

~ r . - 'HASTINGS, Feb. 25. I oliownie tW or four quite distinct shocks last. evening and early this morning, a quake lasting almost VV , s „ eco , n l cls . Wa -S T felt at Hastings ,at 11.40 o clock. It began and contiriued gently. Although it was about the fourth worst felt here since February 3, the motion was not alarmmg,. and it contained nothing in the way of the violent jolting that charuoterused the worst shake.

NAPIER WATER AND SEWER CONNECTIONS.

REFUGEES URGED TO GET OCCUPATION PERMIT.

(Press AssoclutHnJ NAPIER, Feb. 25. ’’ a tor and sewerage connections iire.npiy complete to dwellings m about forty streets of Napier. The control: committee therefore' ur-'es refugees to make applications for an occupation permit.

CIVILIAN POLICE DISBANDED.

RESUMPTION OF BUSINESS ON ALL SIDES.

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fri .... Napier, Fob. 2d. Ihe civilian police have been disbanded, and the number of people takihg meals at the public cookhouses lias decreased by nearly 50 per cent, during the last two days. Business is being resumed on" all sides. >

SEVERE ’QUAKE AT WAIROA

BUILDINGS ROCK ALARMINGLY

(Pross Association.) WAIROA, Feb. 25. A severe earthquake was experienced here- shortly before noon today, buildings 'rocking alarmingly. Several heavy jolts were felt last night.

SLIGHT SHOCK AT GISBORNE. A slight shock was felt in Gisbomo yesterday at 11.45 a.m. The movement was so gentl e that it was not noticeable in the street, but loose articles in shops were swinging for some time later. hospital report. (Press Associations PALMERSTON N., Feb. 25. The following earthquake patients Lave been admitted to hospital: Miss Vera Scott, Enfield road, Napier; Trevor Leslie Rodgers, Sidney Atkins, and Albert Stock, the last tliree being children from ’the showground camp. Miss Liza Girling, McDonald street, has been discharged from hospital.

NAPIER’S DEATH ROLL TOTAL OF 147. MORE~FEAItED. (Press Association.) NAPIER, Feb. 25. The charred remains of a human being, sex unknown, were found •in "•he ruins of the Criterion Hotel.The total dead now accounted folia 147, of whom 119 have been identified. It is feared that the total has not yet stopped growing.

WANTED £280,000

RESTORATION OF NAPIER’S MUNICIPAL SERVICES. APPLICATION TO GOVERNMENT DEFERRED. (Press Association.! NAPIER, Feb. 25. . Finance amounting t 0... approximately £‘280,000 will be needed to carry on tlie municipal activities ofr Napier and restore conditions as they existed before tlie earthquake. The sum of £170,000 was mentioned by the Mayor, Mr. J. Vigor Brown, speaking at a meeting, of the City Council, as the loss which the council had suffered as a body. An estimate, of £161,000 was made by Mr. J. .S. Langford Deem, engineer to the Wanganui City Council, who lias been appointed consulting drainage engineer to the Napier City Council, as being the sum. necessary to restore all tlio municipal services in operation in .Napier before the earthquake. This sum provides tor 10 per cent, allowed lor the cost of raising and administering a loan. Ifc is considered that to continue Ihe ordinary operations and activities of the council, quite apart from restoration, tho sum. of £'120,000 would be needed, bringing tbe total amount required to £280,000. Current extraordinary expenses are calculated to involve £2OO a week. Application was to have, been made to the Government for financial assistance, hut this was deferred owing to the receipt of a telegram from the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. G. W. Forbes, stating that the Public Works Department would undertake part of the reconditioning work in private homes, r - ~

NEW LAKE FORMED

AS LARGE AS TUTIRA

HEADWATERS OF THE MOHAKA. (Press Association.! HASTINGS, February 25. Tlie formation of a now lake said to be as large as Lake rutin*, is reported to have resulted from the earthquake, probably from, the quake of February 13, which seems to have had such violent effects on the northern part of the earthquake area, ileports say the- new. lake was. formed at the junction of the Tehee and Hautapu rivers, near Ngatapa station, At that point the combined rivers flow through a rocky gorge, which has now been completely blocked by a great landslide from the country on either side.

Tho location of the lake referred to is- in the headwaters of the Mohaka River, which river was blocked as a result of tlie earthquake, the normal' flow being backed up for a considerable distance as reported earlier, in the Times. The damming of til© Mohaka River was one of the feature’s revealed by an aerial survey undertaken by members or tne Ain Force last. week, , and while the flow, of: the® river was practically stopped for a few days, .later reports indicate that the barrier .rs bopß broken down by the weight of tlie water- penned in the upper reaches.

GENERAL NOTES

Difficult :as Ms Been the approach to the •' gannet .sanctuary at Cape Kidnappersin. the past, it Ms been rendered more so by the earthquakes, and Mr/ A. Loi'gh Hunt, of 'Wellingiimr wlip.iniade.'' the trip over cthe week-end, reports ’ that .it is dangerous/ in the extreme, his own experiences being of the most exciting variety.. Tlie birds,:however., appeared to'him-tobe'aousuai.

Among yho many heroic deeds which the recent earthquake revealed the action of Miss Cato, the infant mistress of the Twyford School, calls for the highest praise, says the Telegraph. During the heaviest part of the shake, Miss Cato went back into the school and released two .infant children who were shut in the porch Her coolness and courage inspired a confidence in the children . which sign of panic, and from the outset sign ofp anic, and from the outset it was evident that all ih e children had the utmost confidence in their teachers. Miss Cato’s action is greatly appreciated by the parents of the Twyford School children-

The high winds and dry spell aro causing much damage in Qio Hawke's Bay orchards whore the. .-maturing fruit is failing. Some growers are no so badly placed as others and are able to attend to export work.

A shortage of clerical workers has been responsible for a slight delay in th 0 demolition work undertaken by the Public Works Department at Napier. Arrangements have been made between the department- and about half the property owners for the demolition of damaged and mined buildings. Lorries and workmen or© available, but, as most clerical workers have returned to private employment, there is a temporally shortage of men for ollico duties, it is not expected that the demolition work will- be. held up lor long, however.—Telegraph.

Advice that owing Lo the recent earthquake and the present adverse exchange position, the .London market was not prepared.to quote for a proposed loan of £150,000 was received by the Auckland Electric Power Board at its meeting on Monday, a report to this effect was received from the board in committee, which stated that it had been so notified by the Bank of New Zealand on February 5, and that the letter had been received, no action being recommend-. ied . The letter Jrom tlic hank, wfiich acts as the board’s financial agents, read: “1 have heceived the following cablegram from London.—Auckland Electric Power Board. In view oi to-day’s earthquake, advise that market is 'not prepared to.quote for prices at present. Apart from this. New Zealand stocks are adversely affected by exchange position.” The letter was signed by the general manager. Mr. H. Chalmers.

It is understood that a special commission, headed by Mr J. S. Barton, S.M., is about to bo set up by the Government to assume full control over the work of restoration in the earthquake area. There will probably be two assistant commissioners, and it is thought that tho commission will he composed entirely of men from outside tho affected area

A veteran deep sea fisherman expressed the opinion that the fishing grounds off the Bay of Islands might suffer severely as a result of tho earthquake. Some years ago. he said, a minor submarine disturbance resulted in a general exodus of big fish from northern waters, and for the following two years it was impossible to obtain as much as a kahawai for bait. The waters oyer wide areas in the Bay of Plenty and from the East Cape south are now mud colored as a result of the -recent, upheaval, and the general effeef -upon commercial fishing is awaited with interest. Fish are timid and gregarious by nature. and upon taking fright wiil abandon their accustomed haunts.— Chronicle.